diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index cebcc104dc70..022999e0202d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -1265,7 +1265,7 @@ void tipc_sk_mcast_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *arrvq,
 		spin_lock_bh(&inputq->lock);
 		if (skb_peek(arrvq) == skb) {
 			skb_queue_splice_tail_init(&tmpq, inputq);
-			kfree_skb(__skb_dequeue(arrvq));
+			__skb_dequeue(arrvq);
 		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&inputq->lock);
 		__skb_queue_purge(&tmpq);